The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless,
IDA B. WELLSOne had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
More Ida B. Wells Quotes
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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.
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The emergency no longer existing, lynching gradually disappeared from the West.
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The appeal to the white man’s pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
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Those who commit the murders write the reports.
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Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.
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The appetite grows for what it feeds on.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the colored girls he can, but it is death to the colored man who yields to the force and advances of a similar attraction in white women.
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A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.
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It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.
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